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Big Pacific

Snake Island

The Big Pacific crew travel to Shedeo, or Snake Island, to film pit vipers preying on migrating songbirds. The essential shot for the story, or money shot, is the moment a pit viper captures a bird. Cameraman Scott Snider searches for that moment among 20,000 snakes. While under the concealment of a hide, cameraman John Betz captures an unexpected encounter instead.

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Follow the adventures of the filmmakers behind Big Pacific.
Passionate
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In the Pacific, the quest to multiply has spawned a stunning array of unusual behaviors.
Voracious
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The challenge of finding food drives all life in the Pacific.
Violent
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Those that live in the Pacific must choose whether to avoid conflict or rise to meet it.
Mysterious
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We yearn to unravel the mysterious Pacific but she does not give up her secrets willingly.
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